Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-08

to escape arrest. He claims that his wife
had been untrue to him.
At Delray, Mich. FIRE broke out in the
dry kiln OF the Anchor Manufacturing com
/ pany. All but the hoop mill were destroy
ed. The loss is s250, 900, insurance,
/ $4,000.
The house OF commons on Monday even
| ing the 2sth. Holland, colonial secretary.
read a eablegram from Lord Lans
downe. governor general of Canada, declar
| ing the report that Sir John Macdonald
had said that be would not hesitate TO ask
| the aid OF imperial tSoops to stop the con
struction OF the Manitoba rSilway to be a
| pure fabrica ton. Lord LHHsdowne also
said in his dispatch: The provincial
act for the construction of the
Red River railway was disallowed
by me on the advice oil responsible ad yisers,
on the ground that the proposed line
would tap the traffic Of the Canadian Pa
cihc railway and thereby seriously iniure
the interest Of the whole country, which
had submitted to a large sacrifice in order
to unite the provinces by a national road.
i:sJimmy" McDevitt q well known bur.
glar and nephew OF Jim Elliot, the prize
fighter, who was killed by Jerry Dunn at
Chicago n few years ago, met with a VIC
lent death IN New York while trying to es-
| cape from a store. when be had been dis
covered. he was 6urDrlSeu Oy a porter
who closed the door on him and sent for a
policeman. After a desperate struggle TO
escape, MeDevitt plunged through a plate
glass window. He was caught by the stom-
ach and disemboweled. When released he
was dead.
At Lebanon, XIV, several buildings. in
one OF which was the Standard Times Of
fee, were burned. Loss, $4,000.
In the Nineteenth Century appears an
article by Mr.. Gladstone entitled "Eleetor-
al Facts of 1887" in which he says: The
general election OF 1886 indicated not the
conviction but the perplexity Of the coun-
try. The results OF the recent elections
are equivalent to an improved Liberal
strength OF 90 per cent and giving the Con
seryatives the benefit OF all doubts, a new
election would leave the latter in a minor
ity OF 103. This basis IL to narrow to al
low OF a demonstration or the expression
OF undue confidence On the part of the Lib
erals; but viewing the figure in cold blood,
a rational Tory or dissident will proba-
bly, regard them as OF marked significance,
and may even begin to inquire, in a refec-
tive temper. Where is all this to end2"
'BIinky'' Morgan, the burglar who is
now in Jail at Ravenna, Ohio for murder
ing Detective Hunigan, and who while be.
ing captured at Alpena. Mich, "a short
time since, fatally shot Sheriff Lynch. has
been indicated in Michigan ior robbing the
postofice and a jewslry store at Hart,
Oceaua county. This is the crime for which
Morgan was imprisoned when he broke
from the Grand Rapids jail . The circum-
stances surrounding his escape from that
jail are shroudsd in mystery
On and after Sept. I the price OF 1000
mile tickets over the Northern Pacific least
of the Missouri river and on the Mantle
ba roads viii be reduced from $50 toS25.
Henry s. Anderson, of Sexton, Ark. has
been convicted of six separate ofienses
against the pension laws.
The legislature convened in extra session
at Helena, Montana. The session was
called principally to consider the question
OF repeating thebounty law and amending
the revenue law passed at the last regular
session.
Charles Dickens, the son OF the great
novelist. is expected to arrive ia his
country about the middle Of October. He
viii visit nearly all the principal cities and
read selections from his fat hers works
The steamer A. @. Ropes arrived in Ia
CONS thirty-one days out from YOkoha-
ma, with the largest cargo oftea ever landed
on the Pacific coast. The cargo comprises
8 ,725 packages, enough to make IT'S car
loads. 1t will be shipped on special freight
trains over the Northern Pacific, and will
make ten train loads. The bulk Of the
tea is consigned to Chicago and New York,
but over 1000 packages are destined
to st. Paul and s,171 packages are con.
signed to Montreal, Ottawa and other
Canadian points.
At Levanna, 0hio..a fire destroyed the
large steam saw mill of Pritchard & Xii,
patrick. The loss is $50, 600.
Two men belonging TO a gang of bridge
hUsl1ara staaK fha1rnn Nah aNNarrrNaf -
force their way into the house of a Mrs. (
Bolts. She shot both OF them
Il Is stated on good authority that
Henry Georges friends have subscribed
$l5, 0c0 for the establishment OF an even.
ing paper TO be called the Evening Stand
ard.
The London Times protests against the
treatment to which British sealers in
Behring's sea are subjected by the Ameri-
con authorities in Alaska, and suggests
that the government send a cruiser to Alas
kan waters to secure strictly legal treat
ment Tor British vessels.
Ferguson, parliamentary secretary Tor
the foreign Office, announced in the house
Of that the government bad
agreed upon a new commission TO repre-
sent British interests in the North Ameri- |
can fisheries. He added that Joseph Cham.
berlain had accepted the office Of principal
high commissioner for Great Britain. Fer.
guson said that the elaboration OF the
commission would be solely upon the |
points In controversy betweenCanada aud
the United States.
Lieut.. L. r. Hare, Seventh cavalry, who
was formerly aide de-camp to Gen. Terry
and who recently resigned as adjutant of
his regiment, has been appointed as aide
de-camp so MAJ. Geu. Alfred II. Terry. COM
handing the division of the Missouri.
The New York Democratic state com
mittee takes q vote on presidential prefer
enee and Cleveland wins.
The president has appointed Prot. G.
Brown Goode, junior secretary of the
Smithsonian institution and assistant
director OF the National museum. tn be
commissioner OF fish and fisheries, vice
Prof S. F. Baird, deceased. Judge Nc
Cue, solicitor of the treasury, who was
first rendered the Office. declined it because
oil his lack OF scientific knowledge. Prof.
Goode is a well known scientist, and was
associated with Prof. Baird in many i'm
portant duties of a scientific character.
The following pensions have been grant
ed: Minnesota. Bach, Henderson; A.
speth, st. Paul; F. Paulson, Worthington; |
.. 9. Eyensen, Minneapolis; j. J. r. Spo-
mitE, Eyota; f. Waite, Sherman; b. Bat
terheld. Brownsville; T. Staley, Royalton;
J. II. Walhler. York; S. A. Hall, Wood
Lake. ]. Ke;m, Herman; L. Pierson, St
Paul; {. Credit, Hawley.
Michael Dolan has been arrested at New
York for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. He collected over $500 by repre-.
eenting himself as a collector of the Bar
TENDERS Union.
Mra. Belle Feely, an insane inmate in the
county Jail ut Clarion, Pa, was cremated
h hdr Tal the raaFn1N ~ N =, III IL 1
died with paper torn from the walls.
The hat h IA Mr. Blaine wore on his trim ,
through Pennsylvania during the last cam
paign is kept by the Republican State
COMMITTEES in a glaso case.
The Freenan's Journal sSates that Mr..
Arthur 0iConnor, NJ. p, and Sir Thomas
Henry Grattan Esmonde, II. p, will visit
the United States in September and adj
dress monster meetings, to be convened by
the Irish National League OF America. Sir
Henry Esmonde is a great grandson OF
Henry Grattan, the famous Irish patriot. |
In the house OF in London a
member OF the csbinet denies the state
ment that Sir John Macdonald had de.
clared that he would il necessary summon
British regulars to put down the Mani.
tobia ms.
Col. David McC.asky, who will assume
control Of the Ryan hotel at st. Paul on
Sept. ], arrived in the city from CIeve-
land Ohio.
Jack Dempsey aad Johnny Regain nave !
signed articles for a SIGHT to a finish, within
three months, in the vicinity of New York
city.
The pension Office has information that
Henry S. Anderson OF Sexton, Washington
county, Ark, has been convicted In the
United States court for the Western dis
triet OF Arkansas OF elk separate offenses